Eyal Lovett Quartet + Blue Dahlia: 3 May 2019
Two bands for the price of one: the lovely Blue Dahlia and the superb Eyal Lovett Quartet. Dahlia Dumont has a lovely light voice. She sings in French, and some English. The latter is her native language, she is American, based in Paris. She plays the ukulele and is excellently accompanied by Daniele Borgoto on bass guitar and Aurimas Goris on button accordion. There was a nice mix of her own very good compositions and some French standards in a well designed short programme. Her “Ayo”, about an aunty, had some fascinating tempo variations. A non-French speaker would have no…
Sara Oschlag and Ant Law
I was on holiday for these two gigs. Reports were that the gigs were excellent, but I was on holiday, so no notes. Dave
Fletch’s Brew – April 5, 2019
Fletch was back with a grand band of his own. Fletch’s Brew is always welcome to shake the walls. Wonderful gig. Mark Fletcher led from the drums. The set list was invented on the fly, but displayed a pretty well balanced evening. Jim Watson was splendiferous on both piano and keyboards, sometimes both at the same time. Jim Hunt blew the roof off on tenor sax. Laurence Cottle on electric bass provided a wonderful foundation and pulse. Jim Hunt first. He is a local boy (went to school in Stoke by Nayland). He played at the place that was the…